Terry Bradshaw sent his ‘FOX NFL Sunday’ co-hosts into a tailspin after attempting to walk back negative remarks regarding the Chicago Bears’ coaching staff.

On Sunday, the Bears suffered a blowout 19-3 defeat to the lowly New England Patriots, thereby extending their active losing streak to three games. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams did little to impress during the contest, completing 16-of-30 passes for 120 yards and no touchdowns while being sacked a whopping nine times.

Following the game, FOX Sports’ analysts attempted to find the root cause for the Bears’ recent struggles. Ex-NFL coach Jimmy Johnson kicked off the conversation by placing the blame on Williams’ shoulders, arguing that the young signal-caller is making many of the same mistakes that hurt him in college.

“Looking at the Patriots, Drake Maye looks like they’ve got their franchise quarterback. Now Chicago’s got their franchise quarterback, the only problem is he’s making too many mistakes,” Johnson began.

“He’s doing some of the same things that he did at USC, holding on to the ball too much. Nine sacks in this ballgame, you really got to be concerned about his mechanics. You got to be concerned about his steps and his throws. And then again, holding the ball too long.

“Some of those sacks were on the offensive line, but the other part of the sacks were the scheme and Caleb Williams holding the ball too long.”

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Terry Bradshaw believes that Caleb Williams has been set up to fail in the Bears' current system

Terry Bradshaw believes that Caleb Williams has been set up to fail in the Bears’ current system ( 

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But according to Bradshaw, Williams is currently set up to fail in the lackluster offensive scheme that the Bears are running. “But Jimmy, he goes through progressions. All quarterbacks go through three progressions – one, two, three,” the 76-year-old chimed in.

“Why don’t they design an offense that moves? When you have crossing, moving offense, [it] makes it easier for the quarterback to read it, make a decision one, two, or three.”

Turning his attention across the desk to fellow pundit Rob Gronkowski, Bradshaw added: “Gronkowski in New England, a lot of crossing routes up there it just helps him. When you got stationary routes down, turn around, down and out. I mean, really, you’re asking him just to sit there and do an awful lot. And it gets confusing, not to mention the fact that he gets very frustrated.”

In an attempt to hammer home the point made by both Johnson and Bradshaw, Curt Menefee summarized their analysis into a single sentence. “Well, I think it sounds like both of you are saying coaching has as much to do with this as the play of the quarterback,” he said.

Bradshaw, however, promptly pushed back on the statement, asserting: “I didn’t say that, Curt,” to which Menefee replied, “Yes, you did, you said it in a lot of words.” The bizarre interaction generated an audible chuckle from the ex-Pittsburgh Steeler before the conversation was diverted to another game.

It appears as though Bradshaw was onto something after all, as the Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron on Tuesday just nine games into Chicago’s season.